Louise Lucas

Pencil portrait of Louise Lucas.
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Louise Lucas of Mazenod

Her work contributed directly to Saskatchewan becoming the second province in Canada to extend the vote to women.
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One of the women who took on her mantle was Louise Lucas of Mazenod. Lucas joined the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in the 1920s, but her political involvement started when she was elected President of the women's section of the United Farmers of Canada in 1931. By this time the Progressive Party was defunct and the need for an effective political vehicle for farmer's interests was even more pressing due to the the ravages of the Great Depression. Lucas believed the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a new political party she helped found in 1932, would serve that purpose. She became a member of the national and provincial executives of the CCF and traveled across the province and country tirelessly promoting the new party.
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Louise Lucas - Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame

Pencil portrait of Louise Lucas.
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Louise Lucas of Mazenod
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One of the women who took on her mantle was Louise Lucas of Mazenod. Lucas joined the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in the 1920s, but her political involvement started when she was elected President of the women's section of the United Farmers of Canada in 1931. By this time the Progressive Party was defunct and the need for an effective political vehicle for farmer's interests was even more pressing due to the the ravages of the Great Depression. Lucas believed the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a new political party she helped found in 1932, would serve that purpose. She became a member of the national and provincial executives of the CCF and traveled across the province and country tirelessly promoting the new party.
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Louise Lucas - Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame

Louise Lucas
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A farmer from near Assiniboia, Louise Lucas was an activist in the United Farmers of Canada and one of the founders of the CCF.

She later ran for office several times, but was forced to withdraw from the 1945 federal election because of serious illness.